IPC Athletics World Championships-2015

Ipc Athletics World Championships 2015

Question: IPC Athletics World Championships -2015 is held at-  

(a) Doha
(b) Leon
(c) London
(d) Christchurch

Ans (a)                      

Related facts:

  • 7th edition of IPC Athletics World Championships held at Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar from 21 October to 31 October 2015.
  • In the championship total 1230 athletes (803 male, 427 female) from 96 different countries participated in  212 events (121 men’s event, 91 women’s event) .
  • India shared 50th position with Lithuania by winning Two silver medals.
  • Silver medal winners from India are:
  • Amit Kumar Saroha won silver medal in men’s club throw F51 event .
  • Devendra Jhajharia had won silver in men’s javelin throw F46 event.
  • From India total 15 athletes ( 13 men 2 women) participated in the championship.
  • Top 5 medal recipient countries in the championship are:
RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1China41261885
2.Russia24212469
3.America13161039
4.Britain139931
5.Tunisia113115
  • Tunisia’s Walid Ktila (men) and Chinese kicking Liu (women) each won 4 gold medals most by any athlete in this championship.
  • The 8th IPC Athletics World Championships will be held in London in year 2017.

Reference:

http://www.paralympic.org/doha-2015

http://www.paralympic.org/doha-2015/schedule-results

http://www.paralympic.org/static/info/doha-2015/resIPC/pdf/QA2015/AT/QA2015_AT_C95_AT0000000.pdf